ACROSS COUNTRY PROFILE**
Women runners head to NCAAs once again
By Dave Chartxjnneau
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Last wiTki’nd. thr Or.-gon
wumin ■, i ross- i.iiiinlrv tram
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I hi- Ducks again visit the Da
ttonal .ran Monday at An/on.i
It u 1 .i! I Ihost I r i|ts to the
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list It s the tram has an umulnl
ril o', rr thr vr.irs
Oregon has won two national
championships, finishril m the
lop thrn trams six tunes won
thr K«• )411 at kill t ham [non shop
11’ out i tit. years a hit has hail
numerous individual !’,n ifu Id
( nfi i• -1;i i a in! !< i . on \
champions
Add So lh.il one statistic tii.it
Hnnon>'n is v er v proud of
Wi arc the onlv school s<.
win !wo \(.AA championships
with ! vs o S o! it 11 v supii t a t r
11 *1 ms he sa!ii pr oil(i i v
" I here are other teams win.
have won Iwo titles, bu! vs. re
the onlv s< hool to have won
with 11 totally diflerenl run
ners "
ill! ’, , year she !)ll i Ik s
*.i;it**l !i qualify for tin N( AA
■ was m iwh'i whim Orr
gon !.sshecf four!!) nt regional*
i ‘*H‘t .vlicn «i' i nil) t
qualify I ivas rrnl shrieked
Hiunoni'n said
Hn'inprym m'iuds to have a
» oar k furrecruiting v% ; ■:r;• r
mosllv from the state of Oregon
who wit! he strong loileguite
runners
"The best high sc hnol run
ners are not alvs a Vs the tc -| ■ I n!
logianv ' hr said I vr born
surrcssiul with, loss drvcinprd
funnrrs
Hr thinks main top high
school runners an: possibly
virtr.imni
I hr lap runners arr usually
hr.ivilv trained and un i adapt
In different wnv: of training,"
Heinoncn said A lot of thrm
have workrd awfully damn
hard to gel where th'ov. arr. bid
there's nothing left
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\ week 1 • !i ,n tlic Stanford
4.1mm Oliver had himself an
!her lilt: day .1! AVashingfon
intercepting .1 pass anti block
ing another punt.
"! tolti spot :.11 teams) coat h
Nit k 1 Aliotti when 1 got here,
that I was going to hint k st\
kii ks here, and t have five so
far Oliver said
The senior will get a chance
to blot k ins sixth in Saturdav s
( ivil War game his final game
as a Duf k Oliver s career has
been evi ntful this season to say
the It ast. hut the length ol his
tenure at Oregon has hern
short
Oliver transferred from Ari
zona's Olendaie junior College
to Oregon in lanuarv lU'K), hut
l.is! fall's ;umor veer for Oliver
was cut short bv a knee injure
hallway through the season
Along with Oregon, Oliver
paid recruiting visits to Texas
AsM Missouri, North ( .irolina
State and Fresno State, hut of
fers tame from other schools
such as Oklahoma. Houston,
Arizona and Arizona State
Oregon's football program got
Oliver, and so tut the Duck
tr.if k progran Oliver stood out
:• 1. ire n as! - ear 1 !rui k team
than in' did on the looihall
field, placing fourth at the
NCAA Championships in the
ants and Los Angeles Ranis
have all shown interest in pos
stbiv drafting him
Oregon defensive ccxirdinator
Denny Schuler has coached ,1
numU-r of defensive bar ks wtm
have gone on to the NFL, in
cluding 1‘hom kaumever An
thony Newman and Chris Old
ham
"He certainly ranks in athlet
ic ability with Newman, Old
hum and K,minever. ' Schuler
said "Time is on his side lx
( arise ! think some of these oth
er kids blossomed earlier